Nels Cline: Lovers
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theatre - Big Ears Festival - 6pm
Schoeps MK4 > NBob active cables > baby NBox > Zoom H6 essential > WAV (32/48) > Vegas Pro (slight eq) > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > FLAC (24/48)
Recorded by Funk It Blog (with small patches from furrythug & Todd's audio)
01. walk out & tune up
02. Introduction / Diaphanous >
03. Secret Love [Sammy Fain]
04. Glad to Be Unhappy [Rodgers & Hart]
05. Beautiful Love [Wayne King]
06. Nels speaks
07. Cry, Want [Jimmy Giuffre] >
08. Lady Gabor [Gábor Szabó]
09. The Bed We Made
10. So Hard It Hurts / Touching [Annette Peacock]
11. Snare, Girl [Sonic Youth]
12. introductions
13. The Search for Cat [Henry Mancini] >
14. The Bond
Nels Cline - guitar
Michael Leonhart - conductor, arrangements & trumpet (on Glad To Be Unhappy)
Yuka Honda - keyboards
Alex Cline - drums & percussion
Chris Lightcap - double bass
Gregg Belisle-Chi - guitar
Sarah Schoenbeck - bassoon
Knoxville Jazz Orchestra:
Greg Tardy - tenor saxophone & clarinet
Bob Adamcik - vibraphone & marimba
Cindy Emory - harp
Skip Lane - flute
Mark Tucker - alto saxophone & clarinet
Dave King - alto saxophone
Tom Johnson - baritone saxophone
Sean Claire - violin
Alex Waterman - cello
Michael Wyatt - trumpet
Jim Hynes - trumpet
Tom Lundberg - trombone
“In 2026, Lovers celebrates its tenth anniversary. Nearly a decade ago, a planned Big Ears performance was canceled when a snowstorm kept Cline grounded in New York City, making a return especially poignant.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkRiWMsltKg
https://www.instagram.com/funkitblog/p/DXC4x_liVWr/
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